ਕਰਾਉਣਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Punjabi verb set
ਕਰਨਾ (karnā)
ਕਰਾਉਣਾ (karāuṇā)

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (kārā̆vēi) (likely from a form suffixed with -आपयति (-āpayati), which replaced the -अयति (-ayati, causative suffix) in Middle Indo-Aryan), derived from Sanskrit कारयति (kārayati, to cause to do or be done), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoréyeti, from *kʷer-. By surface analysis, ਕਰ (kar, verb stem of ਕਰਨਾ) +‎ -ਆਉਣਾ (-āuṇā, causative suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

ਕਰਾਉਣਾ • (karāuṇā) (Shahmukhi spelling کراؤنا)

  1. causative of ਕਰਨਾ (karnā, do)
  2. to get or have done
  3. to assist in doing something

Conjugation

References

  • ਕਰਾਉਣਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਕਰਾਉਣਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • ਕਰਾਉਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025